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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2005
Patrick Mccorry, Plymouth, MI (US);
Tom Czarniecki, Dearborn, MI (US);
Monty Csapo, Livonia, MI (US);
Todd Duffield, Westland, MI (US);
Matthias Grutgen, Konigswinter, DE;
Frank Kramer, Cologne, DE;
Alan Coleman, Southgate, MI (US);
Patrick McCorry, Plymouth, MI (US);
Tom Czarniecki, Dearborn, MI (US);
Monty Csapo, Livonia, MI (US);
Todd Duffield, Westland, MI (US);
Matthias Grutgen, Konigswinter, DE;
Frank Kramer, Cologne, DE;
Alan Coleman, Southgate, MI (US);
Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc., Northville, MI (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a fabricated vehicle wheel and method for producing the same. The wheel includes a rim and a disc secured to the rim. The disc includes a plurality of outwardly extending spokes, an outer rim connecting flange defining a side edge surface and a window formed therein between adjacent pairs of spokes and having a predetermined shape defined by the adjacent pairs of spokes and the side edge surface of the rim connecting flange such that each of the windows extends to an outermost periphery of the wheel disc, at least one of the windows includes at least a first window portion and a second window portion, the first window portion being formed by a first piercing operation and the second window portion being formed by a second piercing operation.